More than 800 officials from the Mexico City Judicial Branch (PJCDMX) will receive specialized JSCA training on civil and family justice reforms in the Americas, with an emphasis on the installation and strengthening of orality in both areas.
In the framework of the development of training courses for the integration of a gender perspective in criminal prosecution for operators of Peru’s National Specialized Justice System for the Protection and Punishment of Violence against Women (SNEJ), carried out thanks to the collaboration of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the GIZ agency, JSCA … Read more
The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) informs that it is in the initial phase of implementing the project “Civil and Family Dispute Resolution and its Effectiveness in Colombia and Peru,” in partnership with the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC). This is an unprecedented project, with a people-centered approach to justice, which … Read more
The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), in partnership with DAI Global LLC under the USAID-funded ConJusticia program, will implement an innovative project to create learning communities on strategic criminal prosecution, investigation, litigation, criminal analysis and court management. JSCA will design the methodological and pedagogical route for the functioning of the learning communities, organize … Read more
As part of its efforts to strengthen reform processes in the region with a focus on training justice system operators, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) held a training program from June 27 to July 1, 2022 in Mendoza. The effort is part of the project to support criminal procedure reform in Argentina … Read more
On February 21, 2022, the inauguration of the 3rd version of the Specialization Course on Civil Hearing Management and Litigation Techniques took place in Puebla, Mexico. This third version is focused on family proceedings, given the recent incorporation of oral proceedings in this area. The activity will last one week and will be given by … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic forced justice systems to adjust to completely new realities and work methods. The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) and the Institute for Comparative Studies in the Criminal and Social Sciences (INECIP) address this topic in a new edition of the journal. Specifically, the authors address how technology has been used … Read more
On Friday, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) will present the publication “Indigenous justice and ordinary justice responses to civil disputes: The path towards alignment”, which was written by consultant Silvina Ramírez. The publication reviews the evolution of the recognition of the region’s indigenous justice systems and experiences related to their co-existence with … Read more
The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) presents the text The Importance of Evidence: A Canadian Perspective. The study, which was written by Emma Cunliffe, is being published with the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) through the project “Improving Access to Civil Justice in Latin America.” IV Chapters The publication is divided into … Read more
The Director of Research and Projects of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), Marco Fandiño, discussed some of the misconceptions about trial by jury that have circulated in the region over the years in a column published in La Tercera. Fandiño stated, “Latin American juries have a unique history that is related to … Read more
